Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse. The village is between the city of Oxford c.12m and market town Faringdon, 9 m (14 km) southwest of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duxford. In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village as Hentone, Old English for "high farmstead". The village has a 13th century church, village hall and bus service as well as a range of community clubs and events organised within the locality. There is a good range of both state and private education in the area including a local primary school at the nearby village of Longworth. Market town Wantage c.10 m has a good range of amenities including shopping, banks, leisure and health facilities. Hinton Waldrist has excellent road links via the A420 Oxford – Swindon route, where at both there is also a main line train service serving London (Paddington).